# Kanjahit Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Azamgarh 

# Kanjahit

Kanjahit is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,210 people in 620 households**, the 16th largest of 517 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 4,210people (2011)
- 620households
- 69.6%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanjahit

Of every 100 households in Kanjahit in 2011, 43 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanjahit · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**82%

Tap water ****18%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**94%

Use banking services ****66%**

**79%

Television ****47%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kanjahit?

■ Kanjahit · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**913

Working population ****28.1%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 60.8% for women. 42% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 246 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (6%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 108 (9%) · **■** Marginal 748 (63%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Lalganj

- Sidhauna4,549 people
- Kasba Deo Gaon4,391 people
- Chirikihit4,355 people
- Belau4,237 people
- Thekama4,020 people
- Naursia3,927 people
- Khaniara3,918 people
- Amaura3,910 people

[All 559 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanjahit?4,210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanjahit in?Azamgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanjahit?69.6% (Census 2011)